Bridget is a young woman with a lot of enemies. Many people have strong reasons for wanting her dead. But was she the intended victim of the fire that killed her husband and baby son, in a respectable street in Cornwall? Detective Inspector Sharon Richardson thinks she was. Robert Trevelyan, her sergeant, disagrees. Their methods are different and bring them into conflict with each other, which hampers the investigation. Sharon and Robert both have traumatic reasons for leaving London and coming to Cornwall, but they refuse to confide in each other. The list of suspects is long and getting longer. Time is running out. Having failed to kill Bridget will the killer try again?